It's true: that upcoming Billy Joel compilation is indeed the tip of the iceberg. Legacy issued a press release late last night promising to burst open the floodgates of Billy Joel catalogue material in 2011. The Hits, the first single-disc compilation of the Piano Man's music, kicks things off, followed by a dozen songs being made available for download on the upcoming Rock Band 3 video game. But next year? The press release promises a live release of the Shea Stadium concerts documented in
Archives for October 20, 2010
Bad Religion Celebrate 30 Years with a Lot of Vinyl
Longtime punk rockers Bad Religion just celebrated their third decade of existence with a new album, last month's The Dissent of Man. Now, they're giving fans an even bigger present: a massive vinyl box set spanning almost their entire discography. Bad Religion 30th Anniversary Box Set gathers 15 studio albums in one spot, from debut LP How Could Hell Be Any Worse in 1981 to The Dissent of Man. This is significant for a number of reasons - it brings together the band's output on original and
La La Land Spooks Up Sales, Another Catalogue Score
La La Land Records has scared up a spooktacular score from a romance film this week, as well as a bootiful bounty of titles on sale.* This week's catalogue title (alongside an impressive, triple-disc edition of Bear McCreary's music to the FOX television series Human Target) is a bit of an obscurity: Christopher Young's score to the 1988 romantic drama Haunted Summer. Based on true events, Haunted Summer tells the story of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley's vacation to Lake Geneva in